AC/DC: Bonfire [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997

Over 300 pages of AC/DC classics. Includes: Back In Black, Get It Hot, Hells Bells, Highway to Hell, Let There Be Rock, Problem Child, Ride On, Shake A Leg, Rocker, Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, Shot Down In Flames, and many more!

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Music Sales America (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825616522
• ISBN-13: 978-0825616525
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,147,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rip Off Alert! Beware!, August 25, 2006

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Doug "Doug" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AC/DC: Bonfire (Paperback)

This folio contains only studio versions of the songs from 'Bonfire'. There's no transcriptions from the live albums 'Atlantic' and 'Paris'. There's no transcriptions of the alternate takes from 'Volts'. And many of the outro solos are not tabbed, it merely says things like, "ad lib solo next 60 bars". Added, these Amsco books are badly engraved, poorly edited, and questionably transcribed.

Now, let me paraphrase and then comment upon the the 'Editor's Note' found inside this book, which says, "Although most of the tunes that appear on... 'Bonfire' have appeared on previous studio albums... some of the... live performances... exhibit some subtle and spontaneous nuances not found in the studio versions. In addition, 'Bonfire' features more than one version of certain songs. In deciding which versions to include in the present folio, we spent a lot of time listening to the 'Bonfire' collection and comparing the live versions with their studio counterparts... the studio versions (are) tighter (and) more familiar. For this reason, for AC/DC tunes that exist in more than one version, we have based the transcriptions on the studio version."

So to comment, that 'Editor's Note' is baloney, because no consideration was given to 'Bonfire'. They released this book as a means to rehash the transcriptions from their previous book, 'Dirty Deeds: Best of AC/DC', since identical transcriptions appear in both.

In closing, Scamsco should be strung up by the guitar community, for daring to reference this junk as 'Bonfire'. Even the back cover shows the four albums from 'Bonfire', yet only 40% of 'Bonfire' is actually transcribed (even less if you consider all the missing solos). So this book is just plain old lousy - one/half star.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price, April 9, 2004

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Micheal Hunt (Hellbourne) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AC/DC: Bonfire (Paperback)

Take my word that these AMSCO books are not worth your money. The tabs to the latest songs on Bon Fire are completly wrong. They are the tabs to the recorded version from Highway To Hell and not the demo tracks from the BonFire Volts CD!!!!

The only song that has been tabbed almost correct from VOLTS is "back seat confidentionl" but the other tracks are that of which was on HTH and not what is on the album.... it is a rip off to buy a tab book for an album and they have not got that song tabbed!

If you see this book at a cheap price, then it would be worth a purchase, but dont pay too much, because no more then 60% of the book has been tabbed correctly, and the transcripts are incoorect to way too many songs!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best AC/DC Tablature book there is!, November 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: AC/DC: Bonfire (Paperback)

I just bought this book and and I have got to say it it THE ABSOLUTE BEST AC/DC TAB book. It combines their best songs from a great era when Bon Scott as still alive. Plus they include all the songs from Back in Black the best album they had. I suggest you buy it asap.